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(No Model.) 7 M. RBURRIS.

VEHICLE AXLE.

fNo. 278,396. Patented Mayzmaas,

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The screw is made to t so tightly in its bearings as not to vbe liable to becomev unscrew'ed by the jarring motion of the vehicle.

I claim as my invention- 5 1. The combination of a vehicle-axlenut C, Y and sleeve D, each having an annular groove, and attached together by means of Babbitt metal or other suitable material, run in a fused state into the annular grooves, substantially xo as and for the purposes described.

2. The sleeve D, having its inner end, a,

adapted to extend into the end of the axleboX, and-,provided with the Washer-shoulder b, in combination with the axle-nut C, attached t0 the sleeve, substantially as and for the pur- 15 poses described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICAJAH ELLIOTT BURRIS. Witnesses.:

F. A. BABcocK, J F. CLARKSON. 

